[ˈsʌm(p)tʃʊəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- very rich, elaborate, or luxurious in a way that appears expensive
(e.g: the banquet was a sumptuous meal)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘made or produced at great cost’): from Old French somptueux, from Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus ‘expenditure’ (see sumptuary)